Battle of Falkirk

Battle of Falkirk
	Part of the First War of Scottish Independence
	; Map of the battlefield
Date	22 July 1298
Location	Falkirk, Scotland55°59′15″N 3°45′36″W / 55.9875°N 3.7600°W
Result	English victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Scotland	Kingdom of England County Palatine of Durham;
Commanders and leaders
Sir William Wallace; Sir John Stewart †; Macduff of Fife † Sir John De Graeme {KIA}	King Edward I; Antony Bek
Strength
c. 6,000 men 1,000 cavalry; 5,000 infantry;	c. 15,000 men 2,500 cavalry; 12,500 infantry;
Casualties and losses
c. 2,000 killed	c. 2,000 killed

The Battle of Falkirk (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr na h-Eaglaise Brice; Scots: Battle o Fawkirk), on 22 July 1298, was one of the major battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. Led by King Edward I of England, the English army defeated the Scots, led by William Wallace. Shortly after the battle Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland.^[6]

^ Barrow, G. W. S. Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, 1976; and Fisher, Andrew (2002), William Wallace (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-593-9
^ ^a ^b UK. Battlefields, Battle of Falkirk Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine
^ UK. Battlefields, Falkirk I Archived 23 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
^ Fisher, Andrew (2002), William Wallace (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn, ISBN 1-84158-593-9
^ Prestwich p. 481
^ Armstrong 2003, p. 80.